NeuroTalk Support Groups - RLS

I just caught up with this one. Thanks to Billye (Silverlady) who posted it in another of the forums here. I've added a bit on. It has really, really bugged me all my life of dealing with this crappy RLS, on top of everything else, that people thought it was not real. It's so darn real it can be absolutely shocking to deal with. Anyway, I digress...

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders...new-gene-clues
Restless Legs Syndrome: New Gene Clues
Researchers Find the First Gene Variations Tied to Restless Legs Syndrome
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Medical News

more info...
Stefansson, H. The New England Journal of Medicine, July 18, 2007; online edition. News release, Emory University.
Winkelman, J. The New England Journal of Medicine, July 18, 2007; online edition.
Winkelmann, J. Nature Genetics, July 18, 2007; online edition. News release, Nature Genetics.

http://whsc.emory.edu/press_releases...t_id_seq=10944
19 July 2007
Emory University Press Release

Researchers Discover Gene Responsible for Restless Legs Syndrome

Quote:

An international team of researchers has identified the first gene associated with Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), a common sleep disorder affecting tens of millions of people worldwide. The findings are published July 18 in the online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine and will appear in an upcoming printed edition of the journal. The work was led by scientists at Emory University and deCODE Genetics, Inc., in Reykjavik, Iceland.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0719011318.htm
Science Daily
Researchers Discover Gene Responsible For Restless Legs Syndrome